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Anthocarpous

Anthocarpous logo #21002• (a.) Having some portion of the floral envelopes attached to the pericarp to form the fruit, as in the checkerberry, the mulberry, and the pineapple.
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Anthocarpous

Anthocarpous logo #20972An`tho·car'pous adjective [ Greek 'a`nqos flower + karpo`s fruit.] (Botany) Having some portion of the floral envelopes attached to the pericarp to form the fruit, as in the checkerberry, the mulberry, and the pineapple.
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Anthocarpous

Anthocarpous logo #22487Said of a body combined of flowers and fruit united into a solid mass, as in the pineapple or the mulberry.
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anthocarpous

anthocarpous logo #21009anthocarp, anthocarpous A collective, composite or aggregated fruit formed from an entire inflorescence, as sorosis or syconus. Sorosis refers to a fleshy fruit formed by the consolidation of many flowers with their receptacles, ovaries, etc. such as, the breadfruit, mulberry, and pineapple. Syconus, syconium refer to composite fruits consisting ...
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anthocarpous

anthocarpous logo #21199(of a fruit) having accessory or enlarged tissue, as the apple or strawberry.
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